PICTURES: Arena area soil tests

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HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL

Joe Brophy , of F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, operates the controls for a drilling rig in a parking lot along the 700 block of Linden Street in Allentown, to conduct a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the...

Joe Brophy , of F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, operates the controls for a drilling rig in a parking lot along the 700 block of Linden Street in Allentown, to conduct a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the... (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)

A back hoe operator from F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, removes a layer of surface from a parking lot near North 7th and Hamilton Streets in Allentown, as part of a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the...

A back hoe operator from F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, removes a layer of surface from a parking lot near North 7th and Hamilton Streets in Allentown, as part of a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the... (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)

A back hoe operator from F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, removes a layer of surface from a parking lot near North 7th and Hamilton Streets in Allentown, as part of a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the...

A back hoe operator from F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, removes a layer of surface from a parking lot near North 7th and Hamilton Streets in Allentown, as part of a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the... (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)

Joe Brophy (left) and Kenny Lore, of F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, operate a drilling rig in a small parking lot along the 700 block of Linden Street to conduct a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the future...

Joe Brophy (left) and Kenny Lore, of F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, operate a drilling rig in a small parking lot along the 700 block of Linden Street to conduct a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the future... (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)

Workers from F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, operate a drilling rig in a small parking lot along the 700 block of Linden Street to conduct a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the future Allentown Hockey Arena...

Workers from F M And W Drilling, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, operate a drilling rig in a small parking lot along the 700 block of Linden Street to conduct a soil profile on Monday. The work was being done to determine the type of foundation would be needed for the future Allentown Hockey Arena... (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)